Al Jazeera English has announced a new deal with one of Asia's leading cable operators, Hong Kong Cable Limited, for the channel to broadcast in Hong Kong. The channel now reaches over 100 million households worldwide.

Al Jazeera English is dedicated to building its presence across Asia to give viewers access to its groundbreaking content. The channel's unique editorial mission to transform global news is supported in Asia by its Kuala Lumpur Broadcast Centre, dozens of Asian bureaus and correspondents that include household names such as news anchors Veronica Pedrosa and Teymoor Nabili.

Hong Kong Cable is one of Hong Kong's leading subscription television providers and is among the territory's top five media with a firmly established platform in news, movies, sports and general entertainment.

Al Jazeera English is the first English language global news and current affairs channel to be headquartered in the Middle East, in Doha, Qatar. From this unique position the channel is setting the global news agenda with fearless, impartial, and independent journalism. Al Jazeera English's dedicated page on YouTube is home to the website's most watched news channel.

Al Jazeera will debut on Hong Kong Cable on January 16, 2008 and will be carried as Channel 34 on the platform.